Encrypted apps including Signal and Discord used by criminals to lure teens with intellectual disabilities into crime
Organised crime syndicates are using encrypted digital platforms to recruit vulnerable teenagers with intellectual disabilities, low IQ and no criminal history, “conning” them to commit serious crimes, according to a child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist. Those crimes include fire-bombings, home invasions and kidnappings that have been occurring across Melbourne. Dr Adam Deacon told 7.30 that…
